Mob No. 111: “That’s a line that would make all the women in the universe your enemies…”
To avoid getting caught up in troublesome business, I headed to the familiar fast food chain Star dust Burger for lunch.
I ordered an iced coffee, cheeseburger and fries set.
I was recommended to try their new white sauce burger but decided to pass on it for some reason.
Sitting at the table, I was reading a light novel on my wrist terminal while popping fries into my mouth, when I overheard a conversation between two high school girls sitting nearby.
“Hey! I finally got it, a platinum ticket!”
“A ticket to watch the Planet Race Grand Prix finals?! What’s up with that?!”
“I entered the regular ticket lottery and got one!”
“Wow, lucky you. When I entered, it was sold out instantly.”
“Getting one was a totally lucky fluke~. Now I can meet Noswile-sama!”
“No no, you can’t meet her with a spectator ticket.”
“But there might be a chance to run into her!”
“Well I’d want to meet her too if I could, more than some lame guy. She’s so cool.”
“I know right~ Isn’t there some way we could meet her~?”
Looks like they’re fans of Noswile-san.
I realized once again that she’s popular with women.
“For some reason, called into the waiting room after the race, and she says, ‘I saw a charming girl during the race so I thought I’d catch her,’ making her a lover and team mascot…”
“That would never happen.”
“I know right~! But you know, she’s probably dating someone on the team, staff or whatever. Definitely seems like it’d be kept secret.”
“Of course. If it was someone outside the team, it’d have to be a tall, perfect pretty boy guy to make Noswile-sama fall for him. Or for a girl, someone delicate, ephemeral, making you want to protect her.”
“No no, for a guy, delicate, ephemeral, making you want to protect him – a boyish girl, you know? Wouldn’t that work too?”
“That’s…true!”
The conversation is getting kind of suspicious.
I wonder what it would be like if she had a girlfriend, not just a boyfriend?
No way Noswile-san is into that kind of thing though…I think.
Being super popular with women seems tough.
Come to think of it, I vaguely remember there being a thin book with a slightly perverted feel starring Noswile-san as the heroine…I should go look for it at Animember later and… No, I better not do that.
Heroine Side: Rossweisse
“Mmm~ This muscat parfait here is the best!”
I savored the emerald-colored dessert in front of me and let out a voice of praise.
As I was enjoying the muscat parfait,
“Hey, ever since getting that body, you’ve been eating all kinds of stuff, but why’s a ship so obsessed with food?”
My rider, Lambert, looked at me curiously.
“This body is made of cell bodies, so it needs food.”
“But isn’t it too much?”
Well, he’s not wrong about that.
After all, there are over 10 empty parfait cups lined up on my table.
“But this cell body never gets fat no matter how much I eat. Might as well enjoy all kinds of stuff.”
Unlike humans, the separated bodies made of cell bodies don’t change appearance even if excess food is stored after being converted to energy.
“That’s a line that would make all the women in the universe your enemies…”
Lambert sipped his coffee with a complicated expression.
By the way, the shop we’re at now is Estrella Coffee, a somewhat stylish cafe chain.
I heard about it from Captain Uzos – it’s where an amateur bothered his acquaintance.
“So how are you responding to the military’s repeated recruitment offers?”
“Don’t really wanna take it. Sounds kinda stuffy, and people telling me to separate would definitely increase. There’s already some now…”
Lambert was invited to join the military not only at the banquet hosted by His Majesty the Emperor to honor achievements in the recent war, but also at the end of our escort to the capital.
But judging by his attitude, it doesn’t seem he intends to enlist.
“Can’t blame you, it’d be annoying. Especially that woman.”
“That woman…Major Hiariatto right? She’s beautiful but something about her rubs me the wrong way…”
“That’s the right sense, don’t forget it.”
The Major Hiariatto that Lambert mentioned is a propaganda officer in the military who is far too brazen.
His sense that she rubs him the wrong way appears to be perfectly normal.
“Thinking about it, maybe getting promoted was a mistake… At the mercenary guild, I get hassled by nobles of the same bishop rank too. Maybe now I understand how the knights who stay at that rank feel…”
Lambert sighed and drank up his coffee.
His skill has improved considerably, but without me as his rider, he’d still only be around soldier rank at best.
Yet surprisingly, there are many in the bishop rank mercenaries whose skill is around his level or even lower.
Of course there must be some who reached bishop rank through achievements aside from combat, but those kind of people have a different air about them.
In particular, those promoted on reliable skill and earnest work don’t hassle others unnecessarily.
The ones who hassle are trash without skill or earnestness, and
“There he is! Riagrasu!”
“Looking cool as always!”
“But there seems to be some unnecessary extras here…”
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Clearly money-grubbing girls with none-too-bright faces.
They pestered me relentlessly at the mercenary guild, and now have finally approached outside the guild too.
And all three are guild receptionists.
What’s more, one of the girls is a fan of the queen rank mercenary Strydam Bissen.
Since Goldvine is gone, she’s set her sights on the promising Lambert. Quite diligent.
“Hey Riagrasu, we wanna talk with you a bit.”
One of the receptionists, Carnina Barton, completely ignores me and addresses Lambert flirtatiously.
But Lambert answers curtly,
“What is it? I’ve got plans after this so make it quick.”
“We…we can’t talk here. And it’s hard to discuss with her around…so come with us.”
Ah, now the receptionist is irritated.
She changes her wording to try and salvage things, but
“Then take my partner here. If you have to cast aside who’s in front of me, then I won’t talk.”
Lambert completely refuses to entertain them.
Why does Lambert dislike these receptionists?
Because he heard they tried to sell him and his partner as slaves to Strydam Bissen to the receptionist…woman? man?…well, whichever, named Alphonse Zeistol who sent Strydam to prison.
No one would be endeared to someone who tried to enslave them, after all.
Speaking of which, when are these women going to stop ignoring me?
“Might as well just give up, don’t you think?”
When I spoke up, the receptionists finally turned their gazes to me.
“We have business with Riagrasu. Don’t you think you should back off a little?”
The receptionist addressed me with an attitude like I was a fool, but seemed a bit intimidated by my reply.
“As if something like that would never happen?”
“It’s true I brought her to that place.”
Before the receptionist could offer excuses, Lambert uncharacteristically revealed his anger.
Seeing the cheerful Lambert like this must have been unbelievable for them.
“Then…we’ll set a different day…”
“We’re very sorry!”
Faced with Lambert’s demeanor, the receptionists quickly retreated with frightened expressions.
Watching Lambert breathe a sigh of relief at the sight, I pondered what parfait to have next while eating my muscat parfait.
“Mmm, delicious.”
Heroine Side: End
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